Resource Consumption of AI - Degrow or Die (38c3)

Not only the energy consumption of AI is exploding. Less known is that other resources like water or metal are also affected. The talk gives an overview on the devastating impact of datacenters on our environment. Degrowth scenarios seem to be the only way to escape from this ecological nightmare. Summarizing the known facts and serious predictions the talk gives an overview on the upcoming possible and impossible scenarios of the energy and resource consumptions. Even if predictions are not easy economical and ecological limits are discussed. Finally, degrowth will be discussed. Can we degrow datacenters without loosing too much of our digital life? How much can be saved using alternative technologies. Licensed to the public under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 about this event: https://events.ccc.de/congress/2024/hub/event/resource-consumption-of-ai-degrow-or-die/